Justin Lloyd Gets Best Finish Yet

Justin Lloyd Gets Best Finish Yet At Lowe's Motor Speedway Summer Shootout

MOORESVILLE, N.C. – July 17th,  2007

Justin Lloyd, driving his No. 43 A&J Motorsports Legends Car, worked through the field in both the heat race and his feature race Tuesday night at Lowe’s Motor Speedway’s Summer Shootout to get his best finish yet. 

Following a series of disappointments, including a blown engine in the previous week’s races, Lloyd turned things around with solid drives to good finishes. 

The Mooresville teen commented that: “in the heat race we started ninth and ended up working through the field.” Good driving in heavy traffic helped Lloyd move up to a podium finish in his heat. “We had a pretty good car and ended up finishing third,” he reported, “which put us starting twelfth in the main, which was a little bit better starting position than we’ve had in the past.” 

In the feature race for the Semi-Pro class, Lloyd used his starting position to advantage and “avoid some of the wrecks.” On the restarts, when racers can pick whether to go inside or outside, “we got to pick up a couple of spots here and there on the ‘choose’ by going to the high line on the restarts,” he explained, “so we ended up getting sixth, which I believe is our best finish yet in the Summer Shootout.” 

With only three more weeks left in the Shootout season, Justin hopes that he will “continue that streak and come back next week with some momentum and improve on that.” 

Justin Lloyd is being helped in his career by training from Future Stars in Racing Academy. The Academy helps prepare young drivers for success outside the car in public speaking; sponsor presentations; working with the media and behavior on and off the track. Future Stars in Racing is the exclusive driver development partner with the ASA Late Model Series. Marketing partners include Safety-Kleen, Awesome Racewear and Sunbelt Web Solutions. The Academy features a staff with decades of experience in all aspects of motorsports. 

To learn more about Justin and the Academy, go to www.futurestarsinracing.com.